Three months in jail for farmer who failed to reduce sheep numbers

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Judge Mary Devins imposed a three month jail sentence on a farmer who failed to reduce the number of sheep on his lands to 100 after being found guilty in a cruelty case this week.

Two cases of swine flu confirmed in the west

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the west according to the HSE.

Man was selling drugs to send money to sick mother, court told

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A Polish man, who was found to be in possession of a large quantity of ecstasy and cannabis which he supplied to members of the Polish community in order to send the money to his sick mother, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Garda Donal Rafferty told the court that having received confidential information a search warrant was obtained for the home of Pawel Welecki, James Street, Claremorris, which was executed on August 1 2008, where 183 E tablets and cannabis herbs were found on the premises.

Former Rose of Tralee Aoibhinn to co-present new RTÉ series

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Mayo Rose of Tralee Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin will be one of three presenters in a brand new seven part traditional music series on RTÉ.

Vote for Mayo’s Hardy Bucks in final four of RTÉ/YouTube competition

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Hardy Bucks is a web-based comedy series gaining notoriety among comedy-hungry You Tube users. It is currently in the final four of RTE’s Storyland competition, having made it through two rounds of voting. The series follows the lives of Eddie and Buzz, two ‘sturdy, reliable fellas’ from the fictional Mayo hamlet of Castletown, as they struggle to hold down a job, while dabbling in various money-making schemes, all the time faced with their own incompetence, and having to contend with their arch-nemesis ‘the Viper’.

Three year driving ban for mother of three

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A 22-year-old mother of three children whose children are all under the ages of three, was disqualified from driving at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday after she was convicted of drink driving.

Three year driving ban for mother of three

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A 22-year-old mother of three children whose children are all under the ages of three, was disqualified from driving at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday after she was convicted of drink driving.

American woman died in N5 collision

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

The woman who was fatally injured in a road traffic collision on the N5 at Bohola on Friday night has been named as Annette Scott, aged 51, from Thayne, Wyoming, USA.

Gormley approves €2.6m for Kiltimagh wastewater plant

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

The Mayo County Council has been given approval to place a €2.677 million contract for the provision of a new wastewater treatment plant in Kiltimagh. The news was announced to Swinford electoral area councillor Jimmy Maloney by the Environment Minister John Gormley. Response Engineering Ltd has been granted the contract.

Double yellow lines struck out as managerial order was not signed

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A woman who was before a court for parking on double yellow lines in Castlebar had her case struck out, as it emerged at Castlebar District Court this week that the local authority managerial order which governed this illegal parking came into effect after the offence occurred.

Two year ban for man brought from Cloonfad to Castlebar for testing

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A 29 year old Ballyhaunis man was given a two year driving ban after pleading guilty to drink driving in Ballyhaunis District Court this week. Garda Leslie McMaster told the court that he stopped Michael Burke of Tullaghane, Ballyhaunis, at Curragh, Cloonfad, at 1am on the night of September 28 2008. He arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving and conveyed him to Castlebar Garda Station where McMaster gave a breath sample which gave a reading of 52mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.

Man warned it’s prison next if convicted for driving offences again

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A Ballyhaunis man who was convicted for drink driving, and has a history of previous driving convictions dating back from 1991 to 2003 for drink driving and having no insurance, was given a five year driving ban and a €1,000 fine after being convicted of drunk driving this week.

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